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I really like SUSE 10 on my Compal EFL30 since the Intel IP2200 wifi has such good support and the nvidia driver will use my 1200x800 screen properly.  The last kernel update fixed the ACPI issues I've run into on the SUSE default kernel so I'm a happy camper.

If you want to use kismet for wifi exploration then you need to check out what wifi cards are supported.  Also, the builtin mini-PCI wifi cards are better due to the fact that the built-in antenna in most laptops should provide better transmission and reception properties for less power.
Dow


-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Polstra <ppolstra at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Dec 13, 2005 9:23 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Laptop and linux

I had an HP and the problem I ran into was the Broadcom wireless chipset
doesn't have Linux drivers.  You can use NDISWrapper if you can get the card
to turn on.  I now use a Toshiba M65 with the Centrino chipset which is
supported natively in the later kernels.  I loaded SuSe 9.3 Pro on mine and
it works great other than not wanting to support the higher resolution my
screen offers.

On 12/13/05, Tim Watts <timtw at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm considering a laptop and I want to dual boot it w/ Linux/XP (or at
> least
> have an XP image I can boot into a la VmWare). What models are
> particularly
> well/poorly suited for this? Any vendors who can build this for me? Any
> linux
> distro's better for this than others (I have SuSE 9.2 on my current tower
> which I bought from Monarch; I got pretty good svc from them although they
> only seemed to have 1 linux guy who was "part-time" at that)?
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